India vs Australia | Mayank Agarwal and Vijay Shankar set to replace KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya for Australia, New Zealand series

India's Mayank Agarwal bats during play on day three of the third cricket test between India and Australia in Melbourne, Australia&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP

Mayank Agarwal and Vijay Shankar are all set to replace KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya for the remainder of the Australia ODI series and the tour of New Zealand, as per a report on ESPNCricinfo. The announcement came a day after Rahul and Mayank were sent home from Australia following their controversial comments on the recently-aired episode of Koffee With Karan.

The selectors were forced to name the replacement for the two after the Committee of Administrators suspended Hardik and Rahul pending an inquiry over their comments. Also, as per reports, CoA chief Vinod Rai wanted the inquiry process to be quick so that the Indian team with presently 13 on board in Australia have two more members to their side.

This will be the first time that Mayank has been called to India's limited-overs' squad. He seems to have left the selectors impressed with his scintillating Test debut in Australia where he came in as a replacement for the injured Prithvi Shaw. He scored 195 runs in three innings which included two fifty-plus knocks at an impressive average of 65. He was also appreciated for his efforts by captain Virat Kohli.

Agarwal has been part of India A squad across formats and was also the team's highest run-scorer in the tour of England last summer. He amassed 287 runs in four innings which includes two centuries. His List A numbers stand as - 3654 runs in 75 innings as an average of 48.71 and a strike rate of 100.72.

For Shankar, he had made his debut for India in the T20I format in Nidahas Trophy last year. He comes in as a likely replacement for all-rounder Hardik. The Tamil Nadu-based cricketer had finished with 188 runs in three matches in India A tour of New Zealand in ODIs - the highest run-getter.